魵

魵 U+9B75, 魵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B75 ← 魴 [U+9B74] CJK Unified Ideographs 魶 → [U+9B76]

Translingual

Han character

魵 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+4, 15 strokes, cangjie input 弓火金尸竹 (NFCSH), four-corner 2832₇, composition ⿰魚分)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1466, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46023
• Dae Jaweon: page 2000, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4678, character 12
• Unihan data for U+9B75

Chinese

trad.		魵
simp.		𫚍

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 魵
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (分) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
扮	*prɯːns, *hmroːlʔ, *pɯn, *pɯnʔ
盼	*pʰrɯːns
頒	*praːn, *bɯn
朌	*praːn, *bɯn
鳻	*praːn, *bɯn
份	*prɯn, *bɯns
汃	*pʰreːd, *prɯn
玢	*prɯn
邠	*prɯn
攽	*prɯn
砏	*prɯn, *pʰrɯn, *pʰɯn
貧	*brɯn
湓	*pʰɯːns, *bɯːn, *pʰɯns
盆	*bɯːn
葐	*bɯːn, *bɯn, *bɯn
坌	*bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns
坋	*bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns
分	*pɯn, *bɯns
吩	*pɯn
粉	*pɯnʔ
黺	*pɯnʔ
芬	*pʰɯn
紛	*pʰɯn
衯	*pʰɯn
棻	*pʰɯn, *bɯn
氛	*pʰɯn, *bɯn
雰	*pʰɯn
忿	*pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯnʔ
魵	*pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯn, *bɯnʔ
汾	*bɯn
羒	*bɯn
枌	*bɯn
棼	*bɯn
妢	*bɯn
梤	*bɯn
馚	*bɯn
鼢	*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
蚡	*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
弅	*bɯnʔ
秎	*bɯns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯn, *bɯnʔ) : semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 分 (OC *pɯn, *bɯns).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fén (fen²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan⁵, fan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fén
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fén
    • Wade–Giles: fên²
    • Yale: fén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fern
    • Palladius: фэнь (fɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan⁵, fan⁴
    • Yale: fáhn, fàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan⁵, fan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen⁵, fen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn¹³/, /fɐn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bjun, bjunX, phjunX

Rime
Character	魵	魵	魵
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	文 (59)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	符分切	房吻切	敷粉切
Baxter	bjun	bjunX	phjunX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨun/	/bɨunX/	/pʰɨunX/
Pan Wuyun	/biun/	/biunX/	/pʰiunX/
Shao Rongfen	/biuən/	/biuənX/	/pʰiuənX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bun/	/bunX/	/pʰunX/
Li Rong	/biuən/	/biuənX/	/pʰiuənX/
Wang Li	/bĭuən/	/bĭuənX/	/pʰĭuənX/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯uən/	/bʱi̯uənX/	/pʰi̯uənX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fén	fèn	fěn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan4	fan6	fan2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯnʔ/, /*bɯn/, /*bɯnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	魵	魵	魵
Reading #	1/4	3/4	4/4
No.	3162	3173	3186
Phonetic component	分	分	分
Rime group	文	文	文
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	忿	汾	憤
Old Chinese	/*pʰɯnʔ/	/*bɯn/	/*bɯnʔ/

Definitions

魵

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Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 魵 – see 𩸂. (This character is a variant form of 𩸂).

References

• “魵”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

魵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ふん (fun); ぶん (bun); ぼん (bon)
• Kan-on: ふん (fun)
• Kun: えび (ebi)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
魵
えび Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 魵 – see the following entry.

【海老えび】 [noun] any long-tailed decapod crustacean or arthropod: [noun] a crayfish [noun] a lobster [noun] a prawn [noun] a shrimp [noun] Short for 海老錠 (ebijō): a padlock [noun] a type of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with an ebi motif [proper noun] a place name [proper noun] a surname Alternative spellings 蝦, 鰕, エビ

(This term, 魵, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)